Stenophysa marmorata

Stenophysa marmorata
Two views of a live individual of Stenophysa marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Physidae
Genus:	Stenophysa
Species:	S. marmorata
Binomial name
Stenophysa marmorata (Guilding, 1828)
Synonyms
Aplexa (Stenophysa) sowerbyanad'Orbigny, 1841 (junior synonym) Aplexa marmorata(Guilding, 1828) Aplexa rivalis antillarumH. Beck, 1838 (junior synonym) Limnea (Physa) rivalisG. B. Sowerby I, 1822 Physa acuminataA. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841 Physa acuminataG. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (invalid: not Villa & Villa, 1841) Physa guadeloupensisClessin, 1886 (invalid; not Mazé, 1883) Physa margaritaceaE. von Martens, 1873 (junior synonym) Physa marmorataGuilding, 1828 (original combination) Physa salleanaDunker, 1853 (junior synonym) Physa sowerbyanad'Orbigny, 1841 (junior synonym) Physa ventricosaG. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (invalid; not Moquin-Tandon, 1855)

Stenophysa marmorata, also known as marbled aplexa, ^[1] is a species of small, air-breathing freshwater snail of the family Physidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Lesser Antilles on Dominica. ^[3] and St. Vincent

References

1. "Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Marbled Aplexa (Stenophysa marmorata) - Uncertain Risk | FWS.gov". www.fws.gov. May 2024. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stenophysa marmorata (Guilding, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253849 on 2022-01-14
3. Reeves W. K., Dillon Jr. R. T. & Dasch G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin24: 59-63. doi : 10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. PDF Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine .

• Robart, G., Mandahl-Barth, G. & Ripert, C. (1977). Inventaire, repartition geographique et ecologie des mollusques dulcaquicoles d'Haiti (Caraibes). Haliotis. 8: 159-171.

External links

• Guilding, I. (1828). Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. The Zoological Journal. 3: 527-544
• Sowerby, G. B. I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers. Vol. 1, pls 1-126
• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus Physa. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 19, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London.
• Villa, A. & Villa, J. B. (1841). Dispositio systematica conchyliarum terrestrium et fluviatilium quae adservantur in collectione fratrum Ant. et Jo. Bapt. Villa. Conspectu abnormitatum novarumque specierum descriptionibus adjectis. 62 pp. (+ 2 pp. Resumptus numeralis specierum + Errata).
• aylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263).
• Paraense, W. L. (1986). Physa Marmorata Guilding, 1828 (Pulmonata: Physidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 81(4): 459-469
• Appleton C. C. & Dana P. (2005). "Re-examination of Physa mosambiquensis Clessin, 1886 and its relationship with other Aplexinae (Pulmonata: Physidae) reported from Africa". African Invertebrates 46: 71–83. abstract